Pipe-register



* Patented May .|6, |899.

J. W. CNCHAR.

PIPE REGISTER 1 oms am ou, Pantomime.. wAsnmaToN u c (No Model.)

lllllllllllIl/lll/l NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. CONCHAR, OF DUBUQUE, IOW.

PIPE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,909, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed August 23, 1898. Serial No. 689.364. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs W. CoNoHAE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention' relates to registers used in walls and ceilings to inclose a stove-pipe passing through a partition or floor; and the object of the invention is to so construct the register as to admit of its being easily and quickly removed to clean it of dust settling in it or for any other purpose.

The nature of the invention will be fully disclosed in the descriptionand claims following, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which*- Figure l is a plan view of the wall-plate which immediatelyincloses the pipe. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a ring to support the Wallplate. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section of the register complete as applied to a ioor and ceiling.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the ordinary construction of pipe-registers the door-plate and wall-plate are connected in position by a drum of sheet metal attached to each by screws or bolts. It is thus a matter of considerable difficulty to remove the register from its position and :is some times necessary, since a great deal of dust will naturally settle in it in the course of a season, and the only practicable way ot' cleaning it thoroughly is to take it out. My invention is designed to facilitate this operation by making the register separable, as will be described hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a Wall-plate having the usual pipe-hole in the middle.

B is a ring the internal diameter of which is a little less than the external diameter of the Wall-plate. This is provided on the back face, a short distance from the inner edge, with an annular rib B, forming a seat for the wall-plate of proper diameter to receive the same and prevent lateral displacement. The

ring is also provided with suitable screw holes B2, by means of Which it is attached to a Wall or ceiling by screws, as shown.

The wall-plate A is provided with lugs A on its upper or back side,.`and to these is secured the drum C in some suitable Way, as by small bolts C. The upper end of the drum is attached in the same Way to a floor-plate D, which may be of the customary form and construction.

It will be seen that on the removal of the pipe E it is possible to lift the drum and its connections off the supporting-ring attached to the ceiling below, and thus convenient access may be had to all parts of the register for cleaning it and the like.

It will of course be understood that in titting the register to a ceiling or wall a hole is made therein somewhat larger than the Wallplate, but smaller than the outer diameter of the encircling ring or the plate attached to the other end of the drum. The'construction of the register is such that this hole need not be accurately formed, since the larger plate covers the top or floor side of the hole and the encircling ring covers itA on the ceiling side. The annular rib B', within which the wall-plate fits' neatly, prevents any lateral movement of the plate D, which of course need not be fastened to theiioor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. In a pipe-register, the combination of a floor-plate adapted to cover the hole in the floor, a drum attached to said plate, a plate of smaller diameter attached to the other end of the drum, and a ring or border plate adapted to be attached to the ceiling and support the other parts, its internal diameter being less than the external diameter of the Wallplate, and its outer diameter corresponding practically to that of the floor-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a pipe-register, the combination of a floor-plate having a central pipe-hole, a drum attached to its inner side, a wall-plate of smaller external diameter than the floorplate, and having a suitable pipe-hole, attached to the other end of the drum, and an annular plate of less internal diameter than .the external diameter of the wall-plate, with IOO In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES W. CONCHAR.

Witnesses:

G. H. RUTHoP, WALTER SCHREIBER. 

